Evelin Grunwald is searching for her biological child after she was given the wrong child following her labour at an Austrian hospital

A court has ruled today the blunder happened at the clinic University Hospital Graz in the 20 hours between the birth and the mother, who was recovering from a Cesarean section, seeing her daughter for the first time.

Ruling there was “gross negligence”, the court awarded damages of 30,000 euros (£26,000) each for Doris and her mum Evelin plus her husband Josef.

She told the Krone daily last year: “My whole body started shaking, it was like the ground under my feet disappeared.”

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Her mum Evelin said: “Of course it was a huge shock for me and my daughter.

“But we knew from the start that nothing could separate us, that we would stay mother and daughter.

“This child is the best thing that ever happened to me.”

Doris still does not know who her biological parents are despite launching a major social medial appeal, while the other victim is also in the dark.

A free DNA test to find her mum saw 200 women come forward, but none were her biological mother.

Doris’ mum Evelin, who is also searching for her biological child, told the website Stern: “There were only a total of 15 premature babies on the ward, several of them twins – only a handful of children can be considered.

“The hospital refuses to write down the children at that time because of the ‘protection of an intact family life’.”

Doris lives in Graz which has 300,000 residents and continues to look for her biological mum and dad.

“Whenever you see someone I like more than my parents, I wonder if they are, it is always present,” she said.

“But they (Evelin and Josef) are my parents and will always be my parents.”

The local health authority said it planned to appeal against the ruling, saying that the court had failed to establish that the babies were mixed up at the hospital.

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